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New Zealand courts face challenges from AI-generated fake evidence, threatening trial fairness and prompting calls for legal reforms.
New Zealand courts are grappling with AI-generated fake evidence, prompting legal officials to warn that current rules may not ensure evidential integrity.
Generative AI can produce convincing but false documents, images, and recordings, raising concerns about trial fairness.
While such cases are not yet widespread, early signs include defence challenges to evidence authenticity, allegations of doctored footage, and claims of AI-generated legal arguments.
The lack of mandatory disclosure for defence evidence complicates verification, risking delays.
Experts suggest future reforms may require routine digital forensics, expert testimony on metadata, and new admissibility standards.
The Solicitor-General stressed that human judgment remains essential in prosecution decisions, as AI’s role in such matters is still distant.
Los tribunales de Nueva Zelanda se enfrentan a desafíos por evidencia falsa generada por IA, amenazando la equidad del juicio y provocando llamados a reformas legales.